The Moors being rather stupid, And in temper somewhat mulish, Understood not a word Of the doctrine they heard, And thought the Consul foolish. VII. He formed a _Club_ of _Brothers_, And moved some resolutions— “Ho! ho! (says the DEY), “So this is the way “That the French make _Revolutions_”. VIII. The DEY then gave his orders In Arabic and Persian— “Let no more be said— But bring me his head! These _Clubs_ are my aversion”. IX. The Consul quoted WICQUEFORT, And PUFFENDORF and GROTIUS; And proved from VATTEL Exceedingly well, Such a deed would be quite atrocious. X. ’Twould have moved a Christian’s bowels To hear the doubts he stated;— But the Moors they did As they were bid, And strangled him while he prated. XI. His head with a sharp-edged sabre They severed from his shoulders, And stuck it on high, Where it caught the eye, To the wonder of all beholders. XII. This sure is a doleful story As e’er you heard or read of;— If at Tunis you prate Of matters of state, Anon they cut your head off! XIII. But we hear the French Directors Have thought the point so knotty; That the DEY having shown He dislikes JEAN BON, They have sent him BERNADOTTÉ. On recurring to the French papers to verify our Correspondent’s statement of this singular adventure of JEAN BON ST. ANDRÉ, we discovered, to our great mortification, that it happened at ALGIERS, and not at TUNIS. We should have corrected this mistake, but for two reasons—first, that ALGIERS would not stand in the verse; and, secondly, that we are informed by the young man who conducts the Geographical Department of the _Morning Chronicle_, that both the towns are in Africa, or Asia (he is not quite certain which), and, what is more to the purpose, that both are peopled by Moors. TUNIS, therefore, may stand.